Pennies from Heaven
1936·United States·81 min.
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Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather, and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.
DirectorNorman Z. McLeod
MusicWilliam Grant Still
CinematographyRobert Pittack
CastBing Crosby·Madge Evans·Edith Fellows·Louis Armstrong·Donald Meek·John Gallaudet·William Stack·Nana Bryant·Tom Dugan·Nydia Westman
Original titlePennies from Heaven